Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Pan-European research infrastructures are strategic assets to boost R&I, scientific discoveries and deep-tech developments at regional, national and European levels.
They have a strong role in increasing the R&I potential of academia and industry in local and regional ecosystems, thus enhancing competitiveness, innovation in strategic areas and overcoming fragmentation.
The Council conclusions on strengthening the competitiveness of the EU and overcoming the fragmentation of the European Research Area encouraged better use and deployment of Research Infrastructure facilities and services by academia and industry, including SMEs and start-ups across the entire EU.
Detailed Call Description
The aim of the action is to respond to industry needs and to better valorise interactions that research infrastructures have with companies, facilitating deep collaboration and co-development.
The proposals should pilot the possibility to seed the development of innovation ecosystems around diverse technological areas related to pan-European research infrastructures by providing grants to pilot projects in three to five different technological areas.
The proposals should:
- identify deep tech innovations with breakthrough potential related to pan-European research infrastructures;
- assess the feasibility and scalability of the identified innovations;
- suggest a selection and clustering of those innovations that demonstrate sufficient maturity to provide a clear potential for industrial implementation and demonstrate the strongest market and societal value;
- run, evaluate calls and give convincing arguments to provide grant funding to pilot projects in the identified technological areas;
- assess the outcome of the pilot grants.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Expected EU contribution per project: €5.00 million
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Businesses
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Proposals should include at least one ESFRI Landmark[[See the list of ESFRI ‘Landmarks’ in the 2021 ESFRI Roadmap: https://roadmap2021.esfri.eu/.]] or European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)[[European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) | European Commission (europa.eu).]] as beneficiary. In case of a distributed[[The term ‘distributed’ research infrastructure typically refers to one or a few central hubs and several interlinked (national or institutional) nodes where many components of the research infrastructure may not be part of the same legal entity, the ERIC.]] ERIC, as an alternative to the ERIC participating as a beneficiary, a legal entity that is hosting one of its nodes or components may participate as a beneficiary. A declaration signed by the legal representative of the ERIC should confirm that the ERIC is informed about this participation and describe any further cooperation with the ERIC.
At least 60% of the proposed total eligible costs must be allocated to financial support to third parties.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Person:
Dr. Leda Skoufari – Themistou
Senior Scientific Officer
Email: leda@research.org.cy